Are you someone who puts off making your menu and grocery list until the last minute because you just don't want to do it? You don't want to spend the time figuring out what you will make next week. What is already in the pantry and what else do you need? If you are like me, sometimes you may put it off until you can't anymore and then go to the store without a list. I know this is not an efficient way to shop, but I just don't want to spend the time racking my brain about next week's meals.
My least favorite chore is meal planning and grocery list making. Don't ask why. I'm not sure I can really give an answer. I just really hate doing it. I'd rather clean toilets. I had an idea about making a meal planner in an excel workbook that would allow me to click my meals for the week and then the recipe list for each meal would immediately go to a shopping list so I could simultaneously make a menu and shopping list in one with a few clicks of my mouse.
Well, my skills in Excel are limited and doing this would require me to first learn how to use it. Who has time for that with six kids and homeschooling? Not me. So I googled "Excel Weekly Meal Planner". Voila, I found one for free. Visit www.contextures.com/excel-weekly-meal-planner.html to download yours. You can use this workbook to enter meals and ingredient lists for meals you make from cookbooks and recipie cards but also with internet recipies by downloading them into the workbook! It is great. I'm in the data entry process with mine but will give an update when I have enough entered to use the system as it was meant to be used.
I'm on the road to enjoying meal planning...because Excel will be doing the work for me.
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